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To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (100015)	11/29/2008 3:16:31 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110194

Would love to see some hard figures that give us an indication of how much more de-leveraging is required. And then we have the leverage that exists from short-selling. I just can't believe that, with the markets as depressed as they are, that short interest should still be at these levels, especially if everyone is supposedly "de-leveraging" which means they aren't relying upon margin. If you have lower margin exposure, short interest should automatically dry up as less stock becomes available for shorting: reuters.com Hawk